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manipulateverb to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious meansthe con man would slyly manipulate the emotions of his marks in order to win their sympathy and trust exploit, play (upon) engineer, finagle, jockey, maneuverbeguile, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, kid, shanghai, snow, take in, trickintrigue, machinate, plot, schemearrange, contrive, devise, finesse, mastermindcheat, chisel, con, defraud, fleece, gyp, hustle, swindle to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficientlyspin doctors manipulating the data to make it seem more favorable to their preferred candidates address, contend (with), cope (with), field, grapple (with), hack, handle, manage, maneuver, negotiate, play, swing, take, treat engineer, finesse, jockeybring off, carry off, carry out, get off, pullcommand, direct, guide, steercontrol, micromanage, regulate, runreact (to), respond (to) come to grips with, have a grip on botch, bungle, foozle, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mess (up), mishandle, muff, scamp to plan out usually with subtle skill or caremanipulated the schedule of presidential primaries so that the choice of the party elders would win the nomination contrive, engineer, finagle, finesse, frame, machinate, maneuver, mastermind, negotiate, wangle arrange, concert, conclude, hammer out, work outangle (for), compass, intrigue, plot, schemeconnivebrew, concoct, cook (up), hatchcaptain, command, conduct, direct, handle, manage, quarterback, rungerrymander blow, bobble, botch, bungle, butcher, flub, fumble, gum (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), mishandle, muff in 1834 |